finds that many racial minority groups and immigrants are concentrated in job sectors with low status and low pay.93 Environmental hazards, injury risk and occupational stress are also patterned by industry.94 Some evidence suggests that compared to whites, minorities have higher levels of exposure to occupational hazards, greater risk of occupational injury and job-related death.95 Inadequate attention has been given in research on racial health disparities on assessing the contribution of occupational stress and disease to the disproportionate burden of illness.
